A method for providing a visual indication of the security threat awareness level is disclosed. Such a visual indication helps improve the security of a device or an enterprise by giving a user an indication of the security risks associated with currently open and active applications. In turn, the user can use the visual indication as a cue to take mitigating actions to reduce the security risk, such as by using the application more carefully or by exiting the application. Each application is assigned a security score and the system determines the security threat awareness level based on the security score(s) of the open and active applications.
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3. The method of claim 1, wherein the color is a first color, the numeric value is a first numeric value, and the visual indication is a first visual indication, and wherein the method further comprises causing the graphical user interface to display a second visual indication of the first security score, the second security score, or both using a second color, a second numeric value, or both.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein a plugin software component is associated with the open application, and wherein detecting the open application includes identifying the plugin software component in the operating system process table.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the open application includes inspecting network packets on a network connection associated with the open application for network activity generated by the open application.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the active application is further based on a process activity level associated with the second entry in the operating system process table.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the active application is executing independently of the open application, and wherein the visual indication represents at least one of the security threat levels corresponding to the average security score.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the active application is executing non-independently from the open application, and wherein the visual indication represents at least one of the security threat levels corresponding to the lowest of the first security score and the second security score.
10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the color is a first color, the numeric value is a first numeric value, and the visual indication is a first visual indication, and wherein the process further comprises causing the graphical user interface to superimpose a second visual indication of the first security score, the second security score, or both over a portion of an output of the open application, the portion of the output of the active application, or both using a second color and/or a second numeric value.
11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the active application is executing independently of the open application, and wherein the visual indication further represents at least one of the security threat levels corresponding to the average security score.
12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the active application is executing non-independently from the open application, and wherein the visual indication represents at least one of the security threat levels corresponding to the lowest of the first security score and the second security score.
13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the active application is a personal application, wherein the open application is a business application, and wherein the visual indication represents at least one of the security threat levels corresponding to the lowest of the first security score and the second security score.
14. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein detecting the active application includes inspecting network packets on a network connection associated with the active application for network activity generated by the active application.
17. The system of claim 15, wherein the color is a first color, the numeric value is a first numeric value, and the visual indication is a first visual indication, and wherein the process further comprises causing the graphical user interface to superimpose a second visual indication of the first security score, the second security score, or both over the portion of the output of the open application, the portion of the output of the active application, or both using a second color, a second numeric value, or both.
18. The system of claim 15, wherein a plugin software component is associated with the open application, and wherein detecting the open application includes identifying the plugin software component in the operating system process table.
19. The system of claim 15, wherein detecting the open application includes inspecting network packets on a network connection associated with the open application for network activity generated by the open application.
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